A man called Something Long and Complicated has account restored after suspension by Facebook
A Londoner is relieved today after Facebook restored his account, having deactivated it for three days as they did not believe it was created under a real name.
Something Long and Complicated is, in fact, the man's real name, with Complicated being his surname. He changed his name from William Wood by deed poll in 2007 and was very annoyed to find his Facebook account had been deactivated after eight years.
He told the Mirror that his "whole online identity has been robbed" and he was worried about losing thousands of precious photos from his wedding and past birthday celebrations he had uploaded to the site.
"I have had the account for eight years and they have shut it down before, but this time they are not reactivating it," he said.
"Usually it is sorted out pretty quickly but it has been three days now."
The 30-year-old explained that he had showed Facebook copies of his driving licence, passport and bank letters with his address to confirm that it was his real name but still had issues re-activating his account. Additionally, he had problems accessing other online accounts that use a Facebook login.
Facebook users must use their real names on their accounts which has caused artists, performers and stage acts some problems.
However as Something is his real name, the 30-year-old had his Facebook account restored today. He puts it down to the recent publicity he's received, saying:
"I had to go to the paper to get my account back this time."
Hopefully, Something Long and Complicated will have a simpler time of it in the future.
